Improvement in wardrobe-bedsteads



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I CHARLES PABST, oF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WARDROBE-BEDSTEADS'.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,711, dated July 3,1877; application filed January 24, 1877.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES PABST, of

the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Wardrobe- Bedsteads, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents afront view of my wardrobe-bedstead when the doors are open and thebedstead is turned up. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same whenthe doors are closed. Fig. 3 is a similar section when the doors areopen and the bedstead is turned down ready for use.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a wardrobe-bedstead, the door or doors of thewardrobe being constructed to form receptacles for garments, while thecase itself is intended to receive the bedstead, which swings on pivotssecured in the sides of said case, the side rails of the bedstead beingprovided with slots, so that in folding the same up its inner end dropsdown close to the bottom of the case, and the height of the case can bereduced, the outer legs of the bedstead being hinged and provided with ashoulder, and a gravitating handle being connected to the bedstead andadapted to bear at its other end upon said shoulder when the hinged legsare turned down to support the bedstead, all of which will be fullyhereinafter described.

In the drawing, the letter A designates the body or case of my wardrobe,which is provided with two doors, B B. One or both of these doors areformed on their inner sides with receptacles a for garments, so that theinterior of the case A is left free for the bedstead. In the exampleshown in the drawing only one of the doors is provided with such areceptacle, and on the top slat of this receptacle are secured hooks forsuspending coats, pants, or other garments. When the doors are closedthe garments contained in the receptacle or receptacles a. are fullyprotected against dust, and when the doors are opened these garments canbe readily and convenientlyr'eached.

case can be reduced. The front of the case beneath its doors is made insections, the top section h being connected to the lower section byhinge-joints, i, and this hinged front section connects with thebedstead by a strap, j. When the bedstead isturned down the hinged frontsection assumes the position shown in Fig. 3, and when the bedstead isturned up said hinged front section is brought in the position shown inFigs. 1 and 2 by means of the strap j, and after the doors are closedthe wardrobe has a finished appearance.

The outer supports d are connected to the foot-board ceby pivots it,(see Fig. 2,) so that the same can be turned down to the position shownin Fig. 2. The bedstead. is provided with a gravitat-ing-handle, Z,which extends out to the foot-board, and if the bedstead is turned downto the position shown in Fig. 3 the outer end of said handle drops upona shoulder, m, formed on the supports d, and thereby said supports arelocked.

On the inner end of my bedstead is formed a box, E, for the reception ofa weight, which facilitates the operation of turning the bedstead in orout. A

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As a new article of manufacture, a wardrobe-bedstead composed of thecase A, doors B having receptacle a, the brackets 9 having pins f, theside rails b of the bedstead having slots 6 adapted to the pins f, andthe section h hinged to the case A and connected. with the bedstead.

2. In combination with the case A, bedstead G, connected to the hingedsection it, and

pins f of the brackets g of the outer hinged In testimony that I claimthe foregoing, I supports d, having the shoulder m and the have hereuntoset my hand and seal. gravitating-handle l attached at one end to 1 lthe bedstead, and adapted to bear at its other CHAS PABST' end upon theshoulder m when the hinged Witnesses: support is turned down,substantially as de- JOHN URIAN, scribed. GEO. B. MASSEY.

